cherish virtue rather than beauty(xián xián yì sè)

cherish virtue rather than beauty

Virtuous and virtuous, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi á nxi á NY ì s è, which means that we should pay more attention to our wife's morality than appearance. The latter refers to people who respect virtue, but don't value women. From the Analects of Confucius.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius, Xue Er: "a virtuous man can change his color. He can do his best when he is a parent, and he can do his best when he is a monarch."

Idioms and allusions

Zixia: a student of Confucius, surnamed Bu and named Shang, 44 years younger than Confucius, was born in 507 BC. After the death of Confucius, he publicized his ideas in the state of Wei. Mr. Yang Bojun interpreted the change of virtue as: to his wife, he preferred morality to beauty. to the body: to means to accept, abandon, give and give. If you agree to other people's affairs, you must do your best and risk your life. Zixia said: "when you treat your wife, you should pay more attention to morality than appearance; when you serve your parents, you should do your best; when you serve your king, you should spare your life; when you communicate with friends, you should be honest and trustworthy. Although this kind of person has never studied, I must say he has. " Zixia said: "to distinguish a gentleman, we should see his words and manners; to serve his parents, we should see whether he can do his best; to serve his superiors, we should see whether he can do his duty; to communicate with friends, we should see whether he is honest and trustworthy. Although it's just discrimination, in the process of discrimination, we will gradually improve our ability to distinguish right from wrong. " Zixia said: "we value practical virtue and despise superficial attitude. To serve your parents, we should do our best, serve you and devote ourselves. To communicate with friends, we should be honest. Although such a person has never studied, I must say he has. " [excerpt from the Analects of Confucius] supplement Wang Niansun said, "those who change are like you.". Virtuous and virtuous, still say "good virtue is like lust" also. (see Liu Baonan's the Analects of Justice)

Chinese PinYin : xián xián yì sè